'The Cave,' 'Apollo 11,' 'Honeyland' and 'Sea of Shadows' explore vastly different worlds with equal intensity
There’s a kaleidoscopic array of styles and themes at play in this year’s contenders for the Academy Awards’ documentary prize: From out-of-this-world archival adventures to gritty, life-or-death stories to intimate portraits of forgotten ways of life, all of them tied together by the extraordinary personalities before the camera. Here are four films to look for when the documentary shortlist is announced in December.Al Ghouta, Syria: Dr.
“The Cave,” released by National Geographic Documentary Films, won audience prizes at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival, and follows 2017’s “Last Men in Aleppo,” an Oscar-nominated film about the White Helmet rescue workers in the Syrian Civil War, which Fayyad co-directed. Amani’s struggles with her society’s ingrained sexism, and those who criticize her leadership because she is a woman, were of great concern to the filmmaker.
“In documentary filmmaking you never know when the magic will happen,” said Tamara Kotevska, who co-directed the film with Ljubomir Stefanov, capturing 400 hours of footage that was shaped into a feature-length narrative, which will be submitted as Macedonia’s international film Oscar contender. “They’re a huge part of her life and the best possible conflict in the story. We stayed for so long they accepted us as part of their reality.
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